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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in Bryson, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Bryson and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for Bryson:
- 35.456462, -84.610491
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Bryson
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected McMinn County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for McMinn County
- Since Bryson is near Meigs County and also Monroe County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Meigs County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Monroe County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for Bryson
Communities Also Named Bryson ...
We found ten communities that are also named Bryson.
There is one other community in Tennessee that is also named Bryson.
Beyond Tennessee, we know of nine communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these nine communities, nine are located in the United States and three are in Canada.
- Communities Located In Tennessee ...
- Giles County
- This Bryson is located in Giles County and lies 129 miles [207.6 km]<1> to the west of the Bryson that is located in McMinn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Giles County community of Bryson.
- Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
- California
- Monterey County
- This Bryson is located in Monterey County and lies 2,035 miles [3,275 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bryson that is located in McMinn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Monterey County community of Bryson.
- Missouri
- Pettis County
- This Bryson is located in Pettis County and lies 534 miles [859.4 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Bryson that is located in McMinn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Pettis County community of Bryson.
- Montana
- Mineral County
- This Bryson is located in Mineral County and lies 1,786 miles [2,874.3 km]<1> to the northwest of the Bryson that is located in McMinn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Mineral County community of Bryson.
- North Carolina
- Swain County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the North Carolina community of Bryson [Swain County].
- Ohio
- Greene County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ohio community of Bryson [Greene County].
- Quebec
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Quebec community of Bryson.
- South Carolina
- Laurens County
- This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the South Carolina community of Bryson [Laurens County].
- Texas
- Jack County
- This Bryson is located in Jack County and lies 800 miles [1,287.5 km]<1> to the west of the Bryson that is located in McMinn County.
- For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jack County community of Bryson.
- West Virginia
- Raleigh County
- We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the West Virginia community of Bryson [Raleigh County].
Curious and Interesting Names Near Bryson ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Cedar Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
- Cedar Springs is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cedar Springs
- Clearwater
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Clearwater is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Clearwater
- Georgetown
(5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
- Georgetown is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Georgetown
- Heritage Park
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Heritage Park is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Heritage Park
- Idlewild
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Idlewild is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Idlewild
- Marshall Hill
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Marshall Hill is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Marshall Hill
- Mashburn
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the east)
- Mashburn is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mashburn
- Piney Grove
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
- Piney Grove is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piney Grove
- Pond Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
- Pond Hill is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pond Hill
- Poplar Hill
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Poplar Hill is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Poplar Hill
- Riceville
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Rogers Creek
(5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
- Rogers Creek is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rogers Creek
- Continue List (4 more) ...
- Spring Creek
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Spring Creek is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Spring Creek
- Suburban Hills
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
- Suburban Hills is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Suburban Hills
- Sunset View
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
- Sunset View is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset View
- Zion Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Zion Hill is located in McMinn County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Zion Hill
How Far From Bryson to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as Bryson to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Bryson and extending to:
- Athens, which is the Seat of McMinn County, lies just to the Southeast.
- Nashville, which is the State Capital of Tennessee, lies 130 miles [209.2 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Bryson to Nashville, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take less than three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 8 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 5 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 479 miles [770.9 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 19 days and walking would take 28 days.
- The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,369 miles [10,249.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,079 miles [11,392.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,955 miles [7,974.3 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Bryson) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <2> | If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.
Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.
Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.
Also keep in mind that Bryson could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Bryson, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <5> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <6> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Bryson to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Bryson. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 35.4565, Longitude: -84.6105 In this case, the coordinates for Bryson have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.446 degrees. |
| <8> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 308.14 degrees. |
| <9> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.952 degrees. |
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